an'

d not have

in the Syndicate's war room, blood hardenin

een, paced the room, his sharp, hawk eyes slici

s eyes upon me but did

girl. Bring back the proof. But instead, you come back with a useless e

jaw convulsed

eaned against the cold steel table dividing us. "You're the Phantom Wolf, the Syndicat

e did the

the deliberate expulsion of frustra

the urge

id not k

ent far beyond the walls of the Syndicate. If, even for one moment, she suspected that I

arms. "You now only have one last chance. Me

r word, his steps echo

My eyes stuck on the g

n my arms. How her breath hitched. How her eyes se

gh trained, disciplined, an

e when I looked into her amber eyes. She took the

use for my rapid return and repor

ad

not even

anymore. She was a wolf like

n I stood up, the ache from the strength of the blows from her po

e place where you

***

ack Mo

wled upon the walls, twisting into strange shapes, as I ente

le, in her black dress, stari

nd I wondered how old she wa

ass of dark wine around her slender fin

laced in her tone. "

owing. "And what makes

you know everything." The la

attery will not succeed, wolf. But, your desp

he girl. Sienna. She has something about her..

it. "Ah, that girl," she said quietly. "It's a pity you're

d, as the air

I asked, taking

of wine very slowly. "Some thi

eling. "Stop talking like you're trying to sen

over the edge. "You need to leave this alone. If you d

care," I

y long moment, then exha

ched me but turned to the boo

other, sweeping the collection of worn

n the one below, withdrew it fr

she wh

he paper felt fragile under my hands. My eyes sc

t of

was amo

was

e tighter. "W

t, verging on pity. "A

was speaking in para

k like a normal

able

name is this suppos

lightly, and suddenly

t, soon got consumed by fire. She screamed, and then the moonlight shone br

gasping for breath. "What the

d not be read. "I showed

eart. None of this felt

everything, remain loyal to the Syndicate...or remember,

answer. I

thin, I also kn

***

fang T

by pine and ice, when I squatted by

ldn't

ould no

the packhouse, a bigger building than I'd

ad no idea I had attacked her earlier in the abandone

rom the bodyguards and kept moving t

I heard